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I'm not an english native speaker, but - without wantink to boast - I can say my English is quite good. However, I think that word order of yours really sounds wrong??
Or would it be used to stress that it's only in this special case?

As a native Midwesterner, my instinct would be to keep "would use" together. But splitting them in this way sounds fine to me, just a little clunky. (The clunkiness is illustrated by the commas MarkGrand subsequently suggested.) Without italics or spoken emphasis I also don't feel any special stress. I think it makes sense to accept it as an alternative, especially since some folks may try to play it safe by transcribing the German phrase relatively directly.